Bob,

"exportfs -au" states to unexport everything, it does not state to re-export from /etc/exports.

The syntax you really wanted was "exportfs -a", which will overwrite any incore exports with entries from the /etc/exports file.

In other words, if you had added an export manually via "exportfs -o rw=foo /vol/vol0/bar" and there was no entry for /vol/vol0/bar in /etc/exports, then it would stay in memory.

To fix your problem, just run "exportfs -a" to reload everything.

Thanks, Tom

Perhaps I'm rusty with my NFS knowledge....

I made a change to my /usr/local export. (-root on a build host) I did an "exportfs -u -a" and to my horror all of the *existing* /usr/local mounts went stale.

I do not remember this happening with Auspex's (in a previous life) and SunOS 4.1.2. Perhaps I need to go back to the blue NFS/NIS O'Reilly book....

Is this a Solaris 2.8 ism, or am I missing something obvious in my re-entry to the world of NFS...

Here is my vfstab entry:

well:/vol/sysvol0/local

•   /usr/local      nfs     no      yes     bg,soft,intr
  
  

TIA

-Bob